Show Toe R W N NR R BE EN Washington D D. D C CV C. C V WHERE ERE HONOR IS DUE Although General MacArthurs MacArthur's spectacular defense of the peninsula gathered all the headlines praise and honor is also due other ranking high-ranking officers who kept up the unspectacular but very necessary part of the defense One unsung hero who has done don z great job is Maj Gen George F FMoore FMoore FMoore Moore it in command of the defenses of Corregidor Genera Moores Moore's anti-aircraft anti guns bagged sc se many Japanese planes that the Jap Japs didn't relish flying over Corregidor very much Then there is Brig Gen Charles Charle C. C Drake the quartermaster has the heartbreaking job of rationing rationing ra ra- ra supplies down to almost noth noth- ing Another man who performed military mili mill tary miracles is Brig Gen Albers Alber I M M. Jones He commanded the I southern sector of Luzon south oJ of I Manila and accomplished the seemingly seem seemingly impossible job of withdrawing withdraw ing his beach defenses to join the forces of General Wainwright or Bataan Then there is Gen James R. R N NW W Weaver ea ver in command of tanks together together together to to- gether with Generals Joseph P P. P Va chom William Villiam E. E Brougher Bradford Brad Bradford ford G. G Chynoweth William F Sharp Allan C. C McBride Clyde A Selleck Clinton A. A Pierce and Arnold Ar nold fold J. J Funk all unsung heroes Note General Wainwright should not be criticized for commanding part of the battle of Bataan from Corregidor General MacArthur according ac I cording to those returning from the I Philippines also directed the battles from Corregidor MARKET INFORMATION LEAKS Government sleuths are probing a series of mysterious leaks of important important tant market information from key war agencies On several occasions recently certain tain Wall Nall street traders have ob tamed advance tips on important moves to be made by the War Production Production Pro Pro- board the Office of Price Administration and the agriculture department In one instance cotton brokers go got wind of an agriculture parity price announcement 45 minutes before i iwas it was made public This announcement announcement announce announce- ment was Vas supposed to be absolutely secret until publication The market market mar mar- ket operators not only learned about abou it but used the information for private private vate profit The order banning all nonessential non essential building construction also was tipped off in advance to certain cere tam tain members of the building trade So too was the OP OPAs OPA's As A's action imposing imposing imposing im im- im- im posing a price ceiling on fats anc and oils and allowing an increase in wool prices Word regarding this move leaked out two days before the order was issued Under suspicion for these leaks are certain year dollar-a-year men who I while not directly connected with I these matters were in a position to learn about them and to tip off business business business busi busi- ness friends 1 ROUND MERRY Y C. C t As early as 1939 General Hap Arnold chief of the air corps told officials of the Insular Affairs bureau that if he were an enemy he would like nothing better than the assignment assignment assignment assign assign- ment of bombing Pearl Harbor He pointed out that the navy was always always always al al- al- al ways huddled close together in the harbor that the harbors harbor's mouth was narrow making it difficult to ge get out and that it was a perfect target targe for an efficient air attack I. I t The Truman committee is investigating investigating investigating sensational charges by the Long LongBeach Beach Calif Independent that southern California airplane factories and shipyards are far behind behind behind be be- hind schedule having been delayed by cost plus charges slowdown tactics tactics tactics tac tac- tics arbitrary union hiring extortionate extortionate extortionate extor extor- initiation fees farcical in inspections in- in It is also charged that tha one plant scheduled to be in m full ful production last June is far from even fractional production Meanwhile Meanwhile Meanwhile Mean Mean- while local plants stand empty awaiting government orders C. C I. I New influx into Washington is the Australian War Supplies mission About of them are coming to town C. C Although t a Democrat Congressman Congress Congress- man Vincent Harrington of Iowa made the Republican Lincoln day address at LeMars Iowa last month C. C t A government filing clerk found the name John Bull mentioned in correspondence on lend lease aid to England She brought the letter to toa a superior and asked Who is Mr Bull C. C Congressmen l are alarmed by the threatened paper shortage which may curtail Government Printing CONGRESSIONAL WASTE WJ Rookie Representative Earl Wilson Wil Wil- son of Indiana imaginative advocate Df f a 10 p p. p m m. m curfew for government govern govern- Dent nent stenographers recently popped ap up with lith another idea Hi Hs H proposed that house members who occupy two big office buildings m in Capitol Hill be herded into one oneo 50 o 0 that the other might be used by war var workers This was hitting be- be ow the line gravy-line and fetched Wilson a hot retort from John Rankin of Mississippi plus lus some dark looks from others |